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Our Opinion

The Nokia 6.1 (4GB RAM, 64GB) is a slightly better phone than the Motorola Moto X4 (6GB RAM, 64GB), and is also slightly better value for money. What should you buy? Go for the Nokia 6.1 (4GB RAM, 64GB)!

Comfortable design for one-handed use - with a 5.2-inch scale the Moto X hits the sweet spot for scale - it's easy to hold in one hand - comfortably, too, thanks to those rounded-off edges - without feeling like it's a chore to extend fingers across the screen

Waterproofing, with IP68 weather-resistant construction

Some of Motorola's add-ons include Moto Key to unlock additional devices via fingerprint (like your PC), Moto Actions to perform features by physical actions (including new stuff like ‘Attentive Display’ which keeps the screen on as long as you are looking at it and dims it and eventually turns it off if you are looking away, to save more battery), Moto Display for always-on display, Moto Voice for an always-on voice assistant, Wireless Sound System (to connect up to five Bluetooth devices - if you fancy having a bit of a party with a stack of speakers)

Good, punchy display with nice contrast and colours

Effective front-facing fingerprint scanner with gesture control

The software continues to be stock Android supplemented with some intelligent Moto applications - an approach that has worked very well for Motorola and earned it a lot of fans

Good/smooth performance in regular use

Decent dual camera setup on the rear - does reasonably well with both normal shots and bokeh shots, especially in good light

Decent front camera too

Other Camera features include a barcode, QR code and business card reader, which is auto-entered into the device, plus object and landmark object recognition to gain additional insights into famous places

Good battery life, assisted by an efficient processor, and a relatively smaller screen - should comfortably last the day even with heavy use

Fast charging (TurboCharge) support

Things like Moto Actions and the other set of accessibility features have set the company apart from the competition and actually made good use of the sensors, making operating the phone much easier - they also help the power user to increase their productivity

Excellent, tank-like build quality and industrial design - the phone has been milled from a single block of 6000 series aluminium, and feels incredibly solid in the hand

The accents around the rear camera and the frame add a nice flair to the design

Supports face recognition too, apart from the fingerprint sensor, and it works fairly well

Nice, 5.5-inch LCD screen - a step up from the original Nokia 6 with punchier colours and higher brightness (however, the viewing angles could have been better)

One of the best parts about the new Nokia 6 is that its now part of the Android One series, which means it will be getting direct and quick updates from Google itself (HMD Global has promised updates to Android P as well as Android Q, when they are released)

Of course the UI is stock Android which is always a good thing, in terms of keeping things nice and simple - the only additions are some simple add-ons like 'Glance screen' (which shows notifications for missed calls, alarms, and notifications without waking the phone from sleep) and a couple of motion-triggered gestures

The Snapdragon 630 equipped Nokia 6 (2018) does very well with overall speed/performance, even with intensive use, and handles everything thrown at it, and in those terms is a big leap over the earlier Nokia 6

It also does not get warm even when playing resource-intensive games, navigating around town with the GPS, or recording videos in full-HD - which is always a good thing

The cameras on the Nokia 6 are a mixed bag - they do decently well in good lighting (especially the rear camera), but not quite so in low lighting - they are decent at still photography, but video recording is pretty average

Call quality is clear and crisp, and network reception is good too

Decent (though not great) battery life - will last the day with moderate use - similar to the earlier Nokia 6

The battery now also supports fast charging - you will go from an empty tank to around 40 percent in 30 minutes, which is fairly good

It is not a phone that will get easily damaged by dropping, and wear & tear, and it could well be a contender for the most durable smartphone of the year

Support for OZO audio recording gives a very good audio recording quality

Supports the modern USB-C port (instead of the microUSB port of the earlier Nokia 6)

On the whole, the Nokia 6.1 provides a solid option in a very competitive segment - it wins out on 2 key parameters - the stock Android UI and promise of future updates, and the ruggedness of the phone - at the same time, it is beaten by the likes of the Redmi Note 5 Pro in terms of having a beautiful modern bezel-less display, better ergonomics, and better camera performance, especially in low light

2-minute Review [Negatives]

There is no edge-to-edge display here that is becoming more common now among both mid-range and flagship devices

While the performance is good in daily use, when pushed with the heavy apps/games, the performance is not quite to the level of the phone's top competitors - in fact the performance is only a little bit better compared to its budget cousin - the Moto G5S Plus

The cameras placed on the back, in a large protruding circular section, makes for a unique look - something that may or may not be to your taste

The camera app is somewhat slow to launch and a little slow to focus

On the whole too, the camera is decent, but there are certainly better camera phones in this price bracket - the sluggish HDR, slow focus speeds in video and the not-always-effective bokeh mode will leave you wanting more

On the whole, the Moto X4 might be a good option only if you are really keen to get a compact phone, but generally in terms of both performance and camera, there are better phones in this price bracket

At 8.5mm, the smartphone is not the slimmest out there and it feels quite bulky in the hand - the thick borders above and below the screen do not help matters, and single-handed use over long periods might not be very comfortable as the phone is a bit too wide

The fingerprint sensor at the back is not the best - it is slow and inaccurate at times, and the location is somewhat unergonomic